I'm helping one of the guys I hunt with plant his first real foodplot next year and he's asking me all sorts of questions I don't know the answers too. first off, the foodplot is gonna be in an unused corner of a field which is in between 1\2 and 3\4 of an acre. I've only seen map view of it so far. At the corner of the field and woodline to the north is all weeds which he says are about 5 feet tall. To the east is gonna be a huge bean field. (don't know the acreage, 20+) and the to the west and south is hardwoods. i wanted to know what everyone recommends to seclude the food plot. I was thinking a 10 ft wide strip of corn along the east side. with a small path coming through to hopefully funnel the deer in. but I've sen people using some kind of tall grass that would do the same. Any suggestions?
I'm planning on trying some corn or Egyptian wheat next year for same kind of use. I have no experience with it, seems like a good idea Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
EW gets taller than most corn varieties and is generally thicker but it can also tend to fall over. Corn is more marginal screen but generally stands better. I'd go 15' wide with EW or at least 6, 30" rows of corn. I believe EG tends to create better funnels as deer just filter through corn pretty much at will.
I would do Egyptian Wheat. Easy to grow, grows fast, and my deer actually ate the heads on them too. It will start to fall with the first snowfall though, and generous amounts of Nitrogen may be needed.
Funny this thread was started because I was throwing around the idea of making a screen to one of my food plots. Egyptian Wheat is (to my knowledge) the way to go for me. Corn doesn't do so hot in my area, so it wouldn't go very tall. I'm hoping EW will be the trick. If corn grows fast and great for your area, I might would try a couple rows of that. One, the deer will eat it and Two they'll bed in it if it's thing enough
I think we're gonna go with ew about 15' wide at the edge and fill the north corner with it and cut a path through it for the deer to hopefully use as a funnel. We can plant a couple rows of corn on the inside edge to just for the hell of it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just be sure and give it lots of nitrogen and don't get it to thick. also it doesn't like wet feet, if the ground is really wet it will stunt it some. I would kill the area with glysophate around the second week of may, work it and plant around memorial day weekend. I like to put 100 pounds of Urea on it. 15 ft wide will be 1/10th of an acre for every 100 yards. So if you have to screen a crossed 200 yards you have 1/5th of an acre. I would say a bag of 19-19-19 and a bag of 43-0-0 per 1/4 acre will get you into the ball park for good height and stalks. My EW stands right through the snow, it will break over but that's at the 6 ft or so mark, while sourgham will go down in the snow. Ew gets a thicker stalk more like corn when its spaced well and has properly fertilizer. a few thoughts for yeah
